Singapore Smoker Fined $15,000 For Throwing Butts Out Window

[jnelsoninjax]

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has fined a smoker S$19,800 ($15,000) for throwing cigarette butts out of his flat window, the National Environment Agency said, the highest ever such fine.

The man was fined S$600 per cigarette for the first 33 offenses, and ordered to do community service for the 34th, all committed within four days, the agency said.

The 38-year-old smoker, who was caught on surveillance camera, will have to clean a public area for five hours wearing a bright vest bearing the words "Corrective Work Order".

Singapore, famous for its cleanliness, cracks down hard on even minor crimes like littering and vandalism, which is punishable by caning, and bans the import of chewing gum, in part to keep its public areas spotless.

The agency said on its website it deployed surveillance cameras at nearly 600 locations and took 206 enforcement actions against offenders for high-rise littering in 2014.

It did not say which floor the smoker lived on.

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Cane him

[Torolol]

Singapore, known for its obsessive-compulsive for cleanliness

fix'ed

[compl3x]

The caning is insane for something like littering, but I have no problem with fining filthy pigs for littering. When I smoked I never threw the butts on the ground.

[DocM]

I never smoked so it wasn't a problem. Freed up a lot of $$ for other purposes.

[Knife Party]

you'be surprised how clean Singapore is, like super nice and friendly, Their laws makes sense, but can be a tad harsh. Aww well, guess he learned his lesson.

[+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹]

yeah, a brilliant idea.   Singapore is super clean and nice.

 

 

 

some ###### is doing it in my building and i have burns in my patio chairs!   i wish i can find who he is and cane him.  get a damn ashtray!

[rmorris003]

Gum is banned there because they don't want people throwing it on the ground.

[cork1958]

I never smoked so it wasn't a problem. Freed up a lot of $$ for other purposes.

 

I smoke, but learned in the Army not to throw butts on the ground!!

 

Actually,

Simply not that much of a slob to do it anyway!!

 

What is caning anyway?

[compl3x]

I never smoked so it wasn't a problem. Freed up a lot of $$ for other purposes.

 

 

Not really much of a contribution to the thread.

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you'be surprised how clean Singapore is, like super nice and friendly, Their laws makes sense, but can be a tad harsh. Aww well, guess he learned hls lesson.

its a shame that laws like that are not inforced more in places like the UK

smokers are always thronging there cig buts on the floor even if there is a bin close by.

[webeagle12]

Not really much of a contribution to the thread.

yours either

[Shiranui]

Caning is an abomination, but I'm all for fining smokers.

In fact, think smokers should be fined simply for being smokers

[compl3x]

yours either

 

 

I actually offered an opinion about the topic, how is that not a contribution?